11-17-19 || Gotta Serve Somebody

GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY

Gener-US

Scott Young ~ Pastor of Hope

 

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].” – Matthew 6:24 AMP

 

1. The Misuse Of Mammon

 

“So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.”’ – Luke 16:5-7

 

“The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.” – Luke 16:8

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2. The Mastering Of Mammon

 

“And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.” – Luke 16:9

 

“I tell you, make friends for yourselves using ·worldly riches [the mammon/wealth of unrighteousness] so that when those riches ·are gone [fail; run out], you will be welcomed in ·those homes that continue forever [eternal dwellings/tents; God’s presence].” (Expanded Bible) – Luke 16:9

“If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?” – Luke 16:11

 

“And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?” – Luke 16:12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

3. The Heart Of The Matter

 

“No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

– Luke 16:13

 

“The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.” – Luke 16:14

 

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

- Matthew 6:21

 

“And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you make it a den of robbers.’” – Matthew 21:12-13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________